Machine for making olive-oil.



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UNITED PETER EL Maseru-i, or L ATES OS ANG-ELES; CALIFORNIA.

L j iemeiseaMan gement..

To all whom it may concern:

Be, it known that Llnrnn Messier, a

citizen of the United States, rcsiding'at Les Ang'elles, California, have inventednew and use 1 Improvementsm Machines for lite-king Olive-@ihofwhich the following is speciii cation.

.An obJect of thls invention is to simplify machines for making olive oil and to construct said machines ina stronger and more compact'form, witha view to economizing floor space and of firmly supporting the tank wherein the olives are crushed so that the apparatus will not be vdamaged by the jar resulting from the movements of the heavy crushing rollers employed to loosen the pulp The inventionconsists essentially in 1 the construction, combination and arrangen'ient of the zseveral parts as will be hereinafter fullyj described; in the specification, illustrated ,the ,.drawings, and, specifically pointed out-'inithe claims. I Referring to. the accompanying drawings Figure 1, is a longitudinal section of the complete ap aratus, on line m r 2. Fig. 2

is a bro on View thereof omitting the tank for supplyingwater to the crushing receptaole. Fig. is a sideview'ofa portion of one of the tanks illustrating an improved double gate used in connection with said tank.

- -.-1designates anyupper tank or hopper to which the olives aresupplied and 2 a tank for. supplying-water totank 1. In tank-1 are mounted, a pluralityzof crushing rollers 3, desirably three in number, carried by rotary head tfixedsto and turned by upright shaft 5.

6 designates an opening in the bottom of hopper -1-, said opening being opened or closed by slide-7, .andleading into, tank 8, where stirringiarmsiaand 10 provided with stirring loops orfingers 11 are attached to shaft 5.

l2 designates a spout adapted to deliver mixedwater and pulp fromahe. upper portion of tank 8 to tank 13, which is located ad+ jacentto andratfla vilower level than tanks 8 "and15." '5 1 14 and .14" designate openings in the bOi'r' toni-fof-tank18-forjallowingithe pits to pass into-lower tanker compartment 15. Said compartment 15 is provided near its bottom with: an opening slfi-controlled by an inner.

slide 18.. k

this an opening-on the opposite side of compartment 15 to be used as an aid to removing pits from compartment 15. Said opening 19 may be controlled by a slide 19.

20 is a gate controlled by slide 20 through which he oil and pulp may be raked oii from the top of tank 13 for further treatment in a press (not shown). 7 is a plug which may be removed from the bottom of tank .13 when. it is desiredto drain the water as from said tank.

2'2 and. 24 designate legs on which the apparatus is supported. I

25 a pedestal for supporting the driving shaft 26 and the driven shaft 5. Said driving shaft 26 may carry a double pulley 27 at the outer end and. a beveled gear 28 at the inner end. Said gear 28 meshes with beveled gear 29 fixed to the lower end of driven shaft 5.

30 is a conical sleeve surrounding the lower portion of shaft 5 and forming a water-tight jacket therefor. integral with. the bottom of tank 15v or may be otherwise formed if desired. Conical preferably extends up to near the top of tank 8, the stirring arms 9 and 10 being upwardly bent at their inner endsand attached to a 31 a platform supported by legs 22 and .23 upon which superposed tanks 15, 8 and 1 are mounted. 1 w

32 is a conical rise from the center of the bottom of hopper-.1 to forma bearingfor the above the level of the water in hopper 1 and 5 at SllillClOIll) height so that the conical sleeve 30 may extend above the level of fluid in tank 8. It is to be understood that in the operation of the apparatus 0 enings 16 and 19 of lower tank 15 are norma ly kept tightly Thecom' artment 8,. is covered and in closed on al sides and. therefore formsan exnot-splash out on the floor and dust cannot perforated. slide 1? and an outer imperforate Said sleeve 30 may be castsleeve 30 forms a housing for said shaft and;

at its lower end provides room for the agi tating arms 9 and 10 to be attached to shaft FICE Patent} Patented June 9, 1908..

shaft 5 at a point above the top of sleeve 30. a

upper end of shaft 5. Said rise-extends closed'so that the level of the pulp and water in tank 8 is kept above stirring arms 9 and 10.

'cell ent agitating chamber because fluidjcanenter to injure the olive oil. A firm, corn- .mg fingers l1 agitate the same.

tional bearing pact construction and one adapted to keep I ust away from the olive Epulp, results from employing the lplurality 0 superposed com municating tan s 1, 8 and 15 in combination with the upright shaft 5, said shaft directly operating 0th crushing .or pulp-loosening means and the agitating means which entirely separate the pulp from the pits in tank 8. Tan s 8 and 15 may be separated by a partition 15f seated in an annular step 15 at the top of tank 15.

A brief statement of the operation is as follows: Olives are fed to tank 1, and water added from tank 2 through faucet 2. The machine being ut in operation, crushin wheels 3 carried y rotary head 4 are cause by shaft 5 to travel around the hop er and crush the pulp, loosening it from t e pits. Mingled pulp, pits and water passthrough opening 6, controlled by slide 7, into compartment 8 where stirring arms 9 and 10 hav- The pulp and oil rise and ass out through spout 12 into tank 13, wh e the its and water pass through openings 14 and 14 into compartment 15. Opening 16 is controlled by an inner perforated slide 17 and an outer imperfe-- rate slide 18. When slide 18 only, is raised, only the water escapes into tank 13. When both slides 17 and 18 are raised, the pits may be Withdrawn through opening 16. The water in tanks 8 and 15 is occasionally drawn ofl when it is desired to remove the pitsfrom lower tank 15. Such portion of the pits as may be removed through gate 16 may be drawn into suitable receptacle (not shown) held in front of opening 16 while gates 17 and 18 are raised and the pitspulled out from tank 15 by means of any suitable instrument. 19 is another opening to assist in removing pits from tank 15.

20 is a gate through which the oil and pul are raked ofl from the top of delivery tan 13, for further treatment in a press (not shown).

3 designates scrapers for clearing the rollers of any pulp that may stick to them.

31 designates a bearing plate secured to the bottom of latform'31 to afford an addifbr shaft 5.

I claim:

' 1. In a machine for making olive oil, in.

combination, a' hopper, crushlng means to operate therein, an mclosed tank underneath said hopper and communicating therewith,

suitable outlets being provided for said tank,

v and a double gate forcontrolling exit from one of said outlets, said gate comprising an inner foraminated slide and an independently movable outer imperforate slide.

-2. In a machine for making oilve oil, in combination, a hopper, crushmg means in said hopper, an inclose'd agitating chamber beneath said hopper and communicating therewith, means for agitating olives in sai chamber to separate the pulp and pits, a pit receptacle beneath said agitating chamber and communicating therewith by means of' small openings adapted to admit pits only, outlet means adapted to deliver mixed pulp and water from the upper portion of the agi- 3'. In a machine for making 'olive oil, in

combination, a tankinclosed on all sides, a transverse partition in said tank dividing the same in upper and lower chambers, a hopper above said tank and communicating therewith, crushing means in said hopper, agitating means in said upper chamberya vertical shaft extending "through both of said chambers to operate said agitatin means and said crushing means, means be ow the lower chamber for operating said shaft, and a delivery' tank located adjacent to and at a lower level-than both of said chambers, there being outlet means to deliver the material operated upon from both of said chambers to said delivery tank. I

4. A machine for making olive'oil provided with a plurality 'ofsuperposed tanks, crushing means in one of said tanks, agitating means in another of said tanks, and a common shaft to operate said crushing means and said agitating means.

5. In a machine for making olive oil, in combination, a hopper provided with a rise in the center of the .bottom thereof, a tank beneath said hopper and supporting "the same, an upright shaft, a housmg for said shaft extending nearly to the top of said tank, stirring arms attached to said shaft above said housing,'crushing means 0 erating in said hopper and attached to sai shaft above said rise, and means beneath said tank for rotating said shaft.

6, In a machine for making olive oil, in combination, a hopper, crushm means to operate therein, a tank underneat said hopper and communicating therewith, an outlet eing provided for said tank, and a double gate to control said outlet, said gate comprising an innerslide having openin s therethrough and an inde endently mova le outer slide adapted to entirely close the outlet.

7. In a machine for making olive oil, in combination, a tank having upper and lower chambers, a ho per communicating with said upper chamber, crushing means in said hopper, agitating means in said u er chamber, a vertical shaft to operate sai agitating means and said crushing means, means for operating said shaft, and a delivery tank,

there being outlet means to deliver material signed my name in the resence of two sub- '10 from said chambers to said tank. scribing witnesses at Ios Angeles, in the 8. In combination, a series of superposed county of Los Angeles and State of Calicommnni(fitting?1 tanks, crushing means in an fornia, this 10th day of August 1907.

55 11 er tan ,an a itatin means in an interi ni e aiate tank, sairi intern iediate tank having EETER i MAGGINI' bottom openings adaptedto discharge pits Witnesses: into a tank therebeneath. ALBERT H. MERRILL,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto EMELIE PERRY. 

